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Isanti reviews overhaul of rental licensing and plans to adopt International Property Maintenance Code
Summary
Councilors reviewed draft repeal-and-replace rental ordinances to align local rules with the International Property Maintenance Code, remove a 'crime-free housing' provision, authorize administrative citations, and consider annual common-area inspections for apartments; staff will move drafts to the December council agenda.
The Isanti Committee of the Whole reviewed draft ordinances to update the city's rental-licensing program (sections referenced in the packet as chapters 253 and 256) and to adopt the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) as the city's property maintenance code. Consultants and staff characterized the package as a 'repeal and replace' to modernize archaic language and to align inspection practice with neighboring communities and the IPMC.
Consultant remarks highlighted a key deletion: section identified in the draft as '2-53-9' (conduct on licensed property) would be removed because criminal enforcement is better handled by police and…
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